Essential Quality Wins The 153rd Belmont Stakes

Last Updated on June 6, 2021 9:16 am by

Update: June 6, 2021

As predicted Essential Quality took the 153rd Belmont Stakes, ending this year’s Triple Crown Races. Essential Quality was the favourite to win with 9-5 odds while Rombauer, the surprise Preakness Stakes winner was given 6-1 odds.

Essential Quality placed the race smart by staying out near the rear of the pack before jockey Luis Saez made an outside move heading into the final turn. The unofficial winning time for the 1 1/2 mile race was 2 minutes, 27.11 seconds.

Unfortunately, there will be no chance of a Triple Crown winner this year after Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby win, even amid two post-race failed drug tests. Even if Medina Spirit is disqualified this will place Mandaloun as the decided winner, who did not complete in the Preakness Stakes.

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The Belmont Stakes is one of the oldest horse races, and has been held since 1867 in New York, USA. This race corresponds to a classic where 3-year-old males and females participate. This is the third date of the Triple Crown of North American horse racing. This race is ½ mile or 2400m long and is run at the Belmont Park racetrack in New York.

This will be the 153rd edition of the Belmont Stakes, and it is the 110th time that it will be raced at Belmont Park. This race is known worldwide as the “champion test” and is the third stop of the American Triple Crown. The race is scheduled for June 5, 2021, in Elmont, New York, and is classified as Level I with a prize pool of $1.5 million to be awarded. In this event, there will be no Triple Crown winner as there were different winners in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.

Several of the horses that ran in the Kentucky Derby and did not participate in the Preakness Stakes will be participating in the Belmont Stakes such as Essential Quality, Mandaloun, Besos, and Hot Rod Charlie.

After the controversy that occurred at the Kentucky Derby, the New York Racing Association prohibited trainer Bob Baffert from entering any horse in any race that is held in the state of New York. Therefore, if the penalty is not lifted before race day, it will prevent Medina Spirit and Concert Tour from participating in the Belmont Stakes.

However, the Belmont Stakes will have two legendary horses participating, the winner of the Preakness Stakes, Rombauer, and the seventh place winner, France Go de Ina.

The draw to determine which horses will have which positions on the track will take place on Tuesday, June 1.

Important Event Information

• When is it? The event started on June 5, 2021 at approximately 6:50 pm ET.
• Where? New York, EE.UU.
• Where to see it? NBC.

Below are the Top 10 Horses that will participate in the 153rd Edition of the 2021 Belmont Stakes.

Belmont Stakes Top 10 Horses